Safety device for gas stoves



April 9, 1929. J. ANDREWS 1,708,210

SAFETY DEVICE FOR GAS STOVES Filed Feb. 16, 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 9, 192 9.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB ANDREWS, OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR GAS STOVES.

Application filed February 16, 1928.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in safety devices for gas stoves, the peculiarities of which wlll be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The main object of my invention is to provide a low-cost safety device adapted to be mounted upon the operating handles of the gas cocks of a gas stove so as to preyent turning on the gas by accident or by children.

In the accompanying drawing in which like reference numerals indicate correspond ing parts,

1 represents a portion of a gas stove with my safety device mounted thereon so as to prevent operating the cocks Fig. 2, a similar view with my device d sengaged from the gas cock and the handle turned to open the cock; and

Fig. 8, detail view of my device alone and its key.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a portion of the top of a gas stove, 2 a gas cock, and 3 its lever handle for operating the cock to shut off or turn on the gas to the mixer 1. A pipe rail 5 supports the outer end of a row of gas cocks and guards them as usual.

Between this pipe rail and the front edge of the stove top is mounted my safety device consisting of parallel connected strips spaced apart forming a flat rectangular bar 6, preferably of metal nickel plated, with a longitudinal slot 7 substantially the width of a lever handle, and preferably long enough to embrace the handles of all the cocks when lined up as usual in their closing position. The inner strip 8 of said bar is adapted to fit between the front edge of the stove topand the cooks, and rest on the outer end of the miners so that its upper face is level or flush with the stove top as in Fig. 1. The outer strip 9 engages the handles to guard them from opening when the bar is mounted thereon as in Fig. 1.

Accidental opening of a cock is thus prevented, and for additional security, a locking device is mounted in the inner strip, or elsewhere, and preferably consists of a barrel 10 having a projecting tongue 11 adapted to turn under and engage the adjacent edge of the stove top, or elsewhere. The outer strip Serial No. 254,702.

has two eyes 12, each connected by one or more chain links or rings 13 to a ring 14: loosely mounted 011 said rail 5. These chain connections hold down the outer strip of said bar while the said tongue holds the inner strip of the bar from being lifted off the handles of the cooks in their closing position, until a removable key 15 operates the said tongue to disengage it. The key may be simply a squared. end 16 with an eye 18 by which it can be hung on a nail out of reach of children.

WVhen the lock is operated to release the bar in order to open a cock, the bar is lifted off the handles and the said chain connections allow it to hang from the rail or other support for the end rings 14 adjacent to the cocks, and the lever handle is turned outward as shown in Fig. 2.

Being permanently attached. to the rail or other part adjacent to the cocks, my safety device is always close at hand as shown in Fig. 2, and thus accessible for being readily adjusted in guarding position over the cocks, and the habit of setting it to locking position on turning off a cock becomes unconscious and automatic on the part of the operator, thus promoting safety.

The said bar lies flush with the stove top in guarding position, out of the way of kettles and like heavy utensils being removed from the stove after their contents are cooked and the gas shut off. lVhen cooking is in progress the bar hangs from the chain connections.

I claim:

1.. In combination with a gas stove having a top, an adjacent rail and interposed gas cocks with lever handles, of a safety device comprising a flat rectangular bar having a longitudinal slot adapted to embrace said handles in closed position, chain connections from one side of said bar loosely engaging said. rail, and a key-operated lock at the other side of said bar having a tongue adapted to turn under said top, and a removable key for said lock.

2. In combination with a gas stove having a top, a rail and interposed. gas cocks, of a safety device comprising a bar adapted to secure said cocks in closed position,-the inner side of said bar having a barrel lock with a tongue adapted to engage said top means to hold down the other side of said bar, and a key for said lock. 7

3. A safety device for a gas stove compris- 5 ing a pair of spaced connected strips forming a bar with a longitudinal slot, and provided with a pair of eyes on one side edge,

JAooB ANDREWS. 

